Looking for love is one of the most ambitious quests that many of us will ever undertake. There are a lot of people out there hoping on that special someone, but a lot of them also don’t want to put in the work it takes to have a good relationship. 

For proof of this, all we have to do is see the things that happen on the average dating app. While countless happy couples now meet on Tinder or similar (I’ve even seen them with my own eyes), there are millions of other individuals who fail to be so lucky. 

One of the reasons for this is that many people don’t seem to know how to act when they’re on the apps. There’s something about messaging strangers that we want to bone that makes for some deeply cringeworthy moments. I hope nobody needs this list as a how-to guide on how not to act, but I can’t say for sure.